The Production

Carlos’s choreography is demanding and energetic. ‘The challenge of Don Quixote is the technical demand and the level of energy required,’ says Thiago Soares, who is dancing the role of Basilio on 25 October and 2 November, ‘but this flavour and freedom is why the audience will love it!’ View our gallery of Royal Ballet dancers in rehearsal.

Reviews

Don Quixote opened The Royal Ballet 2013/14 Season with a gala performance on 30 September. Read audience reactions to the opening night. Following the cinema screening, we will publish a round-up of tweets so let us know your thoughts with the hashtag #ROHDonQ.

My mother is going to see this in the cinema...much to her disappointment, although I'm sure the different experience will be equally enjoyable. I went last night and noticed cameras were filming. Is the 'live' screening, combining performances, or is it some kind of back up?

My friend is right now at the live screening in Bucharest and has just sent me a message that there has been a huge subtitle with "Please close your mobile phones" or something like that kept on the screen for the whole first act. And now there is another for the second act. People complained and were told it was some mistake from London. Could you please check ?

What a fantastic ballet. I loved how Acosta challenged the classicalism adding sound and a modern approach. With some lovely touches of comedy. Marianela Nunez and Carlos Acosta were so beautifully together. A fabulous and technically extremely challenging performance. I loved it. Thank you

Tonight we went to Kinepolis cinema in Valencia Spain to watch Don Quixote Carlos Acosta's version. We had a beautifull night Carlos and Marinella are exceptional. Many thanks to ROH for this beautiful program and to Carlos Acosta, Marinella and the et am and musicians .

Have just got home from an amazing evening watching the royal ballet in don q live at cinema. The performance was breathtaking and cast amazing so enjoyed it . The scenery and lighting were also magnificent . Well done to a great production . Bracknell was spoilt tonight .

Just home from watching the live screening of Don Quixote. what a wonderful performance , Thankyou and many congratulations to all concerned , especially Marianela and Carlos for being so exquisitely stunning !

Brilliant performances all round, however our enjoyment was marred by technical problems in our cinema which left much of the bottom third of the stage and the royal ballet' s exquisite footwork cropped out of shot.

Similar problem to Charlotte Pollard's though not quite so bad as hers sounds... we were losing just a small amount of the bottom of the stage in those camera shots which were showing the whole stage, not in the shots which were closer to the dancers - emough to cut off part of the corps dancers' feet anyway. This was in the Vue Haymarket. Another annoyance was the complete lack of any printed info. provided at the cinema (a cast list, for example, which everyone I spoke to - including cinema staff - thought would have been supplied but evidently hadn't been). I also was disappointed to find no cast list anywhere on the ROH website, or maybe I was just not looking in the right place? Otherwise, a most enjoyable performance with excellent dancing all round - thank you.

i ve watched Don Quixote was the best production i seen . Carlos and Marianela are fantastic am a fanatic fan of both i wish all the best . I am looking forward in April when the DVD will be realised i hope to be able buy it here in Cyprus